Paint remover



Patented Oct. 30, 1945 v UNITED STATES PAINT REMOVER Joseph C. Roediger, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Standard Oil Development Company, a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Application November 22, 1941,

Serial No. 420,087

2 Claims. (01. 252-154) This invention relates to improved compositions used for the removal of finish coatings produced with paint, varnish, lacquer or the like.

Numerous paint removers are now on the market, those most extensively used consist of a mixture of a low molecular weight alcohol, an aromatic hydrocarbon, such as benzene, and an aidehyde or a ketone, such as acetone. Other paint removers consist of mixtures of an aromatic hydrocarbon, an alcohol and a water-soluble amine,

or an aromatic hydrocarbon, a ketone and a water-soluble amine. These compositions may also contain some wax which may or may not be entirely in solution. The paint remover is generally applied by means of a brush and al owed to penetrate into the dry paint or varnish film unt l sufllcient softening occurs to permit removal of the film by means of a scraper or kni e. The objection to these paint removers is that the pre dominant paint loosening constituents, that is, the aromatics, phenols or ketones, are volatile, toxic compounds which must be used in wellvent'lated areas in order to avoid poisoning of the operator.

An obiect of this invention is to provide a paint remover that s not toxic.

Another-object of ths invent on is to provide a more efllcient paint remover bv the use of an oil-soluble component which will penetrate the paint; varnish or lacquer film more readily than the aromatics, phenols or water-soluble amines previously used heretofore.

'According to this invention, it has been found that a satisfactory mixture results by proper combination. of an al phatic alcohol, a hydrocarbon solvent, 9. small percentage such as 3 to 10% of an oil-soluble primary, secondary or tertiary amine containing at least 8 carbon atoms to themolecule and a small amount of'parafiln or vegetable wax. The aliphatic alcohols of -3 to 40 carbon atoms used are isoprppyl, ethyl, etc. The hydrocarbon solvent may be a straight run petroleum product of very low aromaticity which is not toxic, has a gravity of 5565 A. P. I. and a boiling mits the amine to be more deeply absorbed by Y the paint.

The following compositions were found to efiectively remove paint coatings:

' Composition I Per cent Secondary butyl alcohol 45 Varsol, a petroleum hydrocarbon having a boiling range of 310410 F. and a flash of 100 F 40 Lauryl-methyl amine 7 Paraflin wax 6 Japan wax 2 Composition II Per cent Ethyl alcohol 45 V. M. & P. naphtha, petroleum hydrocarbon having a boiling range of 210-315 F. and

v a flash of F. closed 43 Heptadecyl amine 9 Paraflln wax 3 Composition III Percent 25 Secondary butyl alcohol 45 Deodorized kerosene 35, Lauryl amine 8 Paraflin wax 4 Methyl ethyl ketone 10 Composition IV Per cent Isopropyl alcohol 53 Petroleum naphtha 85 Paraflln wax 6 Lauryl amine 6 The amines that may be used according to this invention are lauryl amine, diphenyl amine, decyl diamine, lauryl-methyl amine, lauryl-dimethyl amine, heptadecyl amine, etc.

1. A finish remover for painted, varnished, and lacquered finishes comprising 53% by weight isopropyl alcohol, 35% by weight petroleum naphtha, 6% by weight paraflin wax and 6% by weigh range of180-500 F. or higher. The naphtha and lauryl amine.

alcohol function mainly as diluents to aid in the uniform distribution of the oil-soluble amine over the surface from which the paint is to be removed.

The paint removing properties of these compositions are principally dependent upon the actionof the amine whose oil-solubility and low interfacial tension with respect to the paint enhance penetration into and wetting of the paint film to permit rapid softening. Wax maybe added 5 in which case the naphtha and the alcohol are so proportioned that the slight evaporation occurring shortly after application of the paint remover results in the precipitation of wax at the air-paint remover interface. This film of wax reduces subsequent evaporation of the remover and thus per- 2. In a process of removing finish compositions from painted. varnished, and lacquered surfaces, the step of d sintegrating the coating by L covering the fin sh coating with a solvent composition, comprising 45 to 53% by weight of an alcohol having 2 to 5 carbon atoms to-the molecule. 35 to 43% by weight of a petroleum naphtha having a boiling range of to 500 F., 3 to 6% by weight of paraffin wax and 3 to 10% by weight of an oil-soluble amine having at least 8 carbon atoms to the molecule, selected from the gr u consisting of lauryl amine, diphenyl amine, decyl amine, laurylmethyl amine, lauryl dimethyl amine. and heptadecyl amine.

JOSEPH C. ROEDIGER. 

